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The Strategy for the Advancement of Groundwater Management in Korea (국내 지하수 통합관리 선진화 전략)

  • Kang, Sunggoo;Kim, Jiwook;Choi, Yongjun;Park, Minyoung;Park, Hyunjin;Lee, Jinkwan
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.36-40
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    • 2022
  • To respond to rapidly changing water circumstances such as climate change, drought, etc., the korean government (MOE) established four advanced strategies for integrated groundwater management. The first strategy is watershed-based management of groundwater. The second strategy is total quantity management of groundwater including improvement of groundwater preservation area policy and procedure of investigation for groundwater influence area, additional construction of groundwater dam, installation of large-scale public wells, extention of spilled groundwater use. The third strategy is prevention of groundwater contamination including expansion of monitoring wells, introducing declaration of groundwater contamination. The last strategy is advancement of groundwater information management including integrated management of data, setting up a big-data based open platform. The above-mentioned four strategies will be reflected in the 4th National Groundwater Management Plan to secure implementation power, and it is expected to laid the foundation for advanced and rational groundwater management system.

Hydrologic Cycle Simulation of Urban River for Rehabilitation of Water Environment (II) - Dorimcheon Basin - (물 환경 건전화를 위한 도시하천의 물 순환 모의 (II) - 도림천 유역 -)

  • Lee, Sang-Ho;Lee, Jung-Min
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.815-823
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    • 2006
  • The hydrologic cycle in urban catchment has been changed due to the expansion of impervious area by rapid urban development. In this study, the SWMM 5 (Storm Water Management Model 5) model was used to simulate the hydrologic cycle of the Dorimcheon catchment which suffers from the distorted hydrologic cycle as a typical urban catchment. This study compare continuous simulation of urban runoff combining the channel and sewer system with that of channel only in the Dorimcheon catchment. Continuous simulations of urban runoff were performed for the upstream basin of Dorim bridge. The urban impervious regions were processed by the land use analysis from LANDSAT_TM images. It was performed from 1975 to 2000 for every five years. Surface, groundwater and wastewater runoffs were additionally included in the simulations one at a time. Such simulations made it possible to evaluate those components quantitatively. The result of continuous simulation of urban runoff combining the channel and sewer system is that peak flow and recession are well simulated. The analysis results of urbanization effect on runoff are as follows: the surface runoff in 2000 increases to 64% of the whole precipitation whereas the surface runoff in 1975 amounts to 46% of the precipitation; the groundwater runoff in 2000 amounts to 6% and shows 8% decrease during the period from 1975 to 2000.

Development of Benchmark Index of LoS for Asset Management of Water Treatment Facilities (정수시설 자산관리 LoS분석 벤치마크지수 개발)

  • Nam, Youngwook;Hyun, Inhwan;Lee, Chulsung;Chun, Mingyu;Kim, Mincheol;Kim, Dooil
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.667-683
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    • 2015
  • Since aged water treatment facilities could threaten the sustainable water supply, asset management system has been adopted for their systematic management. Level of Service(LoS) is one of critical components of asset management and could be quantified through benchmark index(BMI). Water supplier could estimate consumer's satisfaction and their performance through BMI to improve the LoS. We developed BMI for water treatment facilities from customer's satisfaction survey. BMI, represented with the Total Service Score(TSS), was assessed with water quality, water pressure, taste and odor, water rate, and service quality with weighing factors. BMI could, further, be used to assist the analysis of the life cycle cost to increase the unit of LoS.

The ROK Nuclear Power Programme -Some Aspects of Radioactive Waste Management in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle-

  • West, P.J.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.194-213
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    • 1980
  • The paper describes and quantifies the wastes arising in the nuclear fuel cycle for Light Water Reactors, Heavy Water Reactors and Fast Breeder Reactors. The management and disposal technologies are indicated, together with their environmental impacts. Both once-through and uranium-plutonium recycle systems are evaluated, and comparisons are made on the basis of tingle reference technologies for waste management, and for one gigawatt/year of electricity generation. Environmental impacts are assessed, particularly that of health and safety, and a reference costing system is applied purely as a basis for comparing the fuel cycles. From this study it call be concluded generally that the relative differences of the impacts of waste management and disposal between the selected fuel cycles are not decisive factors in choosing a fuel cycle. Employing the technologies assumed, the radioactive wastes from any of the fuel cycles studied can be managed and disposed of with a high degree of safety and without undue risk to man or the environment. The cost of waste management and disposal is only a few percent of the value of the electricity generated and does not vary greatly between fuel cycles.

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Analysis of Water Cycle Effect by Plan of LID-decentralized Rainwater Management Using SWMM-LID Model in a Low-carbon Green Village (SWMM-LID를 이용한 저탄소 녹색마을의 LID-분산형 빗물관리 계획에 따른 물순환 효과 분석)

  • Lee, Jung-Min;Hyun, Kyoung-Hak;Lee, Yun-Sang;Kim, Jung-Gon;Park, Yong-Boo;Choi, Jong-Soo
    • Land and Housing Review
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.503-507
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    • 2011
  • There was a plan to develop a low-carbon green village(approximately $400,000m^2$) in A city, a new town. Restoration of water cycle is essential for creation of the low-carbon green village. Therefore, installation plan of LID-decentralized rainwater management facilities for natural water cycle was established for creation of the low-carbon green village. Analyses on effect of the water cycle were performed in conditions of before, after developing the low-carbon green village and after installing the LID facilities(rain garden, constructed wetland, rainwater harvesting facility, etc.) using SWMM-LID model developed by EPA. Due to the characteristic of permeable area before development and significant green spaces after development, installation plan of LID facilities to restore the water cycle did not show an obvious effect. However, potential of the hydrological cycle could be seen by the installation of the LID facilities.

Impacts on water-cycle by land use change and effects of infiltration trenches in Asan New town (토지이용 변화가 물순환에 미치는 영향과 침투트렌치 설치 효과 분석 - A 신도시 지구를 중심으로 -)

  • Hyun, Kyoung-Hak;Lee, Jung-Min
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.691-701
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    • 2010
  • As the water-cycle is transformed by increasing of the impermeable area in process of urbanization, decentralized rainwater management facilities(infiltration, harvesting and retention facilities) as source control are considered to be a method of restoring water-cycle of urban and reducing runoff. SWMM model was used to analyse the change of water-cycle structure before and after development in A new town watershed. Modified SWMM code was developed to apply infiltration facilities. The modified SWMM was used to analyse the change of water-cycle before and after infiltration trench setup in AJ subcatchment. Changes of the impervious area by development and consequent increase in runoff were analyzed. These analyses were performed by a day rainfall during ten years from 1998 to 2007. According to the results, surface runoff increased from 51.85% to 65.25 %, and total infiltration volume decreased from 34.15 % to 21.08 % in A newtown watershed. If more than 80 infiltration trenches are constructed in AJ subcatchment, the low flow and the drought flow increases by around 47%, 44%, separately. The results of this study, infiltration trench is interpreted to be an effective infiltration facility to restore water-cycle in new town.

Water quality management of Jeiu Harbor using material cycle model(I) - The Variation of Physical Oceanographic Environments in Jeiu Harbor - (물질순환모델을 이용한 제주항의 수질관리(I) - 제주항의 물리해양환경의 변화 -)

  • 조은일;이병걸;오윤근
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2002
  • In order to control of water quality in Jeju harbor, variation of physical oceanographic environments was estimated using material cycle model. It is composed of the three-dimensional hydrodynamic model for the simulation at water flow and material cycle model for the simulation of water quality. The three dimensional hydrodynamic model simulation of the circulation and mixing in Jeju Harbor has been conducted forced by Sanzi River Discharge, Tidal elevation, wind and Solar heat in case of August and November, 2000 and February and May, 2001, respectively. The results of numerical model and observation show that the model can produce realistic results of current in the harbor. The monthly variation of velocity pattern are not so much changed are found In Jeju Harbor. The residual current was forced by temperature, salinity, density, wind and tidal current. The residual current of August, 2000 are the strongest among four month. It can be explained that the density effect can be important role in residual current at Jeju Harbor. As the results of salinity distribution simulation, very low concentration of all levels were simulated in August, 2000. The flowrate of Sanzi river was investigated 77,760 ㎥ /d in August, 2000. Therefore, pollutant loadings from Sanzi river should be considered for water quality management in Jeiu harbor.

Analysis of Water Cycle Effect according to Application of LID Techniques (LID 기법 적용에 따른 물순환 효과분석)

  • Lee, Jungmin;Lee, Yun;Choi, Jongsoo
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.411-421
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    • 2014
  • At present, the development in rainwater management approach is still insufficient due to the numerous adverse effects of urbanization. Storm water management is being developed to restore the natural state of water cycle undergoing several processes which were hindered such as infiltration and evapotranspiration. Low Impact Development (LID) was established in order to reduce the negative effects of urbanization to our environment. These developments can be used to respond to the effects of climate change such as heat island phenomenon. The effects of the development of new town in the district plan with application of LID facilities were studied and reported. Typically, LID facilities were applied in small scale development and were rarely used in large-scale development. Most of studies, however, did not assessment the effects of large-scale development projects with LID application to the natural water cycle. This study was conducted to simulate the urban hydrologic cycle simulation on Asan-Tangjeong in Korea. This study may be used in urban hydrologic cycle simulation and establishment of an urban water management plan in the future. Lastly, this study generated a model using the recently updated SWMM5 which determined the hydrologic cycle simulation after installation of LID facilities.

Recycling of a discarded septic tank as a rainwater management system and it's economic feasibility analysis (폐정화조를 재활용한 다목적 빗물관리시스템 구상 및 경제성 분석)

  • Kim, Mikyeong;Kwak, Donggeun;Han, Mooyoung;Yang, Jichung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.23 no.5
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    • pp.647-654
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    • 2009
  • Since the end of the 1990s, sewer pipe improvement works have been going on: most septic tanks have been thrown away and discarded. These discarded septic tanks amounts up to 370,000 based on the project plan 2005-2008: it is a serious squander of nation's resources, a contaminating means that buries toxins under soil, and a cause of a expensive waste. Research on recycling of discarded septic tank as a new resource is in urgent need. This research suggests plans to recycle discarded septic tank as a rainwater management facility, solutions to water cycle recovery in the limelight, and economic analysis of the plan. In the case of a recycling discarded septic tank as a rainwater management facility will socially benefit to support economical adequacy, discard cost saving of septic tank and water supply and sewage cost reduction will come out. Consequently a rainwater management facility converted from a discarded septic tank leads to decentralization of the rainwater management system, which anticipates a positive effect on recovery of urban water cycle.

The Urban Water Cycle Planning Elements and Hydrologic Cycle Simulation for Green City (녹색도시 물순환 계획요소 및 수문순환 모의)

  • Lee, Jung-Min;Kim, Jong-Lim
    • Land and Housing Review
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.271-278
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    • 2012
  • The climate change and global warming has been a world-wide issue. Also, the green growth has been a widely adopted strategy for national and regional development. In particular, after the Kyoto Protocol to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was declared, the low carbon society was inevitable phenomenon. The hydrologic cycle in urban catchment has been changed due to the expansion of impervious area by rapid urban development. This paper has examined the Water cycle planning elements for green city in the scale of urban planning as well as site planning including housing site. In this study, the SWMM5-LID (Storm Water Management Model5-LID) model was used to simulate the hydrologic cycle of the test catchment as a typical urban catchment. We performed continuous simulation on urban runoff before and after the development of the test catchment and after the installation of Green city planning Elements.